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description: Identify the principal reason for which an individual's heart rate may increase during the viewing of a frightening film. Exam question 1 of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

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Identify the principal reason for which an individual's heart rate may increase during the viewing of a frightening film.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, heart rate · **What happens:** identify, increase · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which an individual's heart rate may increase during the viewing of a frightening film.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	increase	increase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
14	during	during	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **increase** | may | a individual's heart rate |  |  |  | during the viewing of a frightening film | for the principal reason | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The viewer is in genuine physical danger throughout the film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e1:o1:1
# text = The viewer is in genuine physical danger throughout the film
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	viewer	viewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the viewer |  |  | genuine physical danger | throughout the film |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The film transmits a signal which directly affects the heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e1:o2:1
# text = The film transmits a signal which directly affects the heart
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	transmits	transmit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	affects	affect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | present | the film | a signal |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme |
| 2 | **affect** | present | a signal | the heart |  |  |  | directly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus heart=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The body reacts as though the danger depicted were real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e1:o3:1
# text = The body reacts as though the danger depicted were real
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reacts	react	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	depicted	depict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **react** | present | the body |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **depict** | participle |  | the danger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the danger |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The room is invariably heated to a high degree during such a viewing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e1:o4:1
# text = The room is invariably heated to a high degree during such a viewing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	13	det:predet	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present · passive |  | the room |  |  | during such viewing | to a high degree *result*; invariably *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to degree=Result |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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